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Report: It's true, Utah really does have a gender equality problem

Whatever economic leaps Utah’s economy has made during the past few years, it apparently lags when it comes to gender equality. As in, lags the rest of the nation. The Beehive State finished dead last overall in a recent analysis by WalletHub, which compared all states across 15…

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Sep 3

Harrington tabbed as president, COO at Entrata

Entrata, a property management software developer in Lehi, has appointed Chase Harrington its new president and chief operating officer, effective immediately. Since joining the company in 2009, Harrington has served as Entrata’s COO and had the title of chief strategy officer…

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Sep 3

CBRE report: E-commerce not really ruining traditional retail

A popular myth holds that pure-play e-commerce is taking over traditional retailing. But a new report from CBRE outlines how the opposite may be true: Brick-and-mortar retailers account for roughly half of online sales and related activity. Pure-play refers to companies that…

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Sep 3

Phase 3 of doTerra's expansion will make room for 950 new employees

Pleasant Grove-based doTerra, a rapidly growing direct sales company that produces essential oils and other wellness products, is breaking ground on new office, medical and fulfillment space and expanding its manufacturing facility. It’s the third phase in the company’s…

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Sep 3

Editorial Cartoon: Removing Robert Lee

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Sep 3

Do you understand ROT? Here are seven strategies to improve it

By Richard Tyson Business owners, CEOs and general managers are familiar with return on investment (ROI). They recognize that money invested must create a solid profit. But chances are that they don’t pay as much (or any) attention to the even more important return on time…

Republicans need to forget cronyism & focus on what got them elected

By Veronique de Rugy Congress has done little to demonstrate that it can solve the nation’s most pressing problems. The healthcare system continues to deteriorate after the failure to repeal Obamacare; tax reform is off to a rocky and uninspiring start because of the initial…

Trump’s ‘new’ Afghanistan policy is not new at all; Call it ‘quagmire-lite’

By Fareed Zakaria There is surely no greater sign of the bankruptcy of American foreign policy than its Afghanistan policy. After 15 years of war and the deployment of hundreds of thousands of troops, a new president entered the Oval Office poised to fundamentally change that…

What is it going to take to return civility to the daily dialogue in America?

By Robert Pembroke Noam Chomsky once observed, “The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion that allows a very lively debate within that spectrum.” Chomsky is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist,…

Industry Briefs - 9-4-17

Industry Briefs are provided as a free service to our readers. Company news information may be sent to brice@slenterprise.com. The submission deadline is one week before publication. BANKING • Bank of Utah , Ogden, has appointed Brooke L. Heym as mortgage loan officer at the…

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Sep 2

Newsletter - 8-28-17

http://slenterprise.com 801-533-0556 --> This week in The Enterprise Monday, August 28, 2017 Committee hires firm to look for site for Utah's inland port By Brice WallaceA group studying the idea of Utah being home to an inland port has contracted with a Massachusetts-based…

Committee hires firm to look for site for Utah's inland port

By Brice Wallace A group studying the idea of Utah being home to an inland port has contracted with a Massachusetts-based company to look for potential locations. The Utah Inland Port Committee has contracted with Cambridge Systems (CS) to start an in-depth analysis of sites for…

Panel: Look to rural Utah for tech employees

By Brice Wallace Clint Betts, the executive director and editor-in-chief of Silicon Slopes, acknowledges that while that organization’s name has traditionally been identified with the area from Provo to Ogden, “if you ask me, I think it should be all of Utah.” With that thinking…

Utah jobless rate sneaks back up 0.1%

While the nation’s unemployment rate eased down one-tenth of a percentage point in July, Utah’s went the other way by the same amount. July’s seasonally adjusted jobless rate rose to 3.5 percent. According to the Utah Department of Workforce Services (DWS), that means 54,500…

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Aug 27

MasterControl moves into new headquarters

MasterControl Inc., a Utah-based provider of enterprise software solutions for the life science industry, has moved into its new corporate headquarters in Cottonwood Heights. The completely renovated six-floor, 154,000-square-foot office building is located in the Old Mill…

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Aug 27

KBS buys Varsity Services

Technology-enabled property services provider Kellermeyer Bergensons Services LLC (KBS) of Oceanside, California, has acquired Salt Lake City-based Varsity Facility Services. Varsity is also a facility services company. Varsity will join KBS as an operating division and will…

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Aug 27

Deer Valley Resort sold

Deer Valley Resort near Park City has been acquired by a company recently formed to buy ski properties that now has 13 ski areas in its new portfolio. The purchase continues a trend in recent years of consolidation in the ski industry. The resort announced last week in a news…

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Aug 27

Utah tourism's development arm hands out $3.4 million in promotion funds

Several dozen organizations will receive a total of $3.4 million from the Utah Board of Tourism Development to promote their areas to out-of-state travelers. The board made the allocation approvals for cooperative marketing matching funds after receiving 68 applications from…

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Aug 27

Utah gets another top economic outlook ranking from 'Rich States'

Utah has kept alive its streak of having the nation’s top economic outlook in an annual competitiveness study. The ALEC (American Legislative Exchange Council)-Laffer State Economic Competitive Index, also known as the “Rich States, Poor States” report, gave Utah the highest…

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Aug 27

Business Roundtable: NAFTA good for Utah and should be expanded

By Brice Wallace An oft-criticized trade agreement actually has benefited Utah and should be expanded rather than weakened, according to a national business organization. Business Roundtable says the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) led to Utah exporting $3.1 billion…

PillPack opens Utah operations

PillPack, a national mail-order pharmacy, has expanded its footprint in Utah with the opening of a 13,000-square-foot sales and support office in Salt Lake City and an office in Park City, which is the company’s national headquarters for sales, growth and acquisition and…

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Aug 27

CORPORATE FINANCIAL REPORTS - 8-28-17

The following are recent financial reports as posted by selected Utah corporations: Sportsman’s Warehouse Sportsman’s Warehouse Holdings Inc., based in Midvale, reported net income of $6.6 million, or 15 cents per share, for the quarter ended July 29. That compares with $8.3…

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Aug 27